People don't note that the Iranians have taken longer and achieved less than any other country that attempted clandestinely to produce nuclear weapons. It's wrong to paint the situation in Iran as: Iran's on the brink of becoming a nuclear power. Iran is on the brink of learning a lot important lessons about nuclear weapons, but their program has not moved ahead with the kind of determination and speed that should give one a state of panic right now. —Former Iraq WMD inspections leader David Kay, on the state of the Iranian threat. (HT: Harry Shearer)